Sunday, June 8, 2008
An elderly lady we once knew who lived across the street, was near death. She loved the Lord and longed to be with Him since all of her close friends had already taken that ship to the other side. The nurse told her family that she would probably hold on until she could see her daughter, who was on her way to say goodbye. The nurse said, "It's as if Barbara has one foot here and the other foot in heaven. She wants to take that last step soon."
Henry van Dyke wrote the following words about death. "I am standing at the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her great white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the beautiful blue ocean. I stand and watch her until, at length, she hangs like a speck of a white cloud, just where the sea and the sky come to mingle with each other........And just at the moment when someone at my side says: 'There, she is gone!' there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices ready to take up the glad shout: 'Here she comes!' And that is the same with dying."
We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.----2 Corinthians 5v8.
If we think about where Jack has gone we will realize that God needed a specialist to install the wiring in His new homes He is establishing in Heaven and no one could handle this job but the very best, so our dear friend was called to fullfill this position. He will be waiting at the dock when our ship enters the port there in Heaven.
